The transcriptional enhancer of the pea plastocyanin gene associates with the nuclear matrix and regulates gene expression through histone acetylation

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1468-1479

  Chua, Yii Leng ^a   Watson, Lucy A ^a,b   Gray, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENES; HISTOLOGY; TOBACCO;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0038795543     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.011825     Document Type: Article

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